Swiftcurrent Creek Left its seeds while I was sleeping

“I’ll try not to get jealous when your spawn tower over mine,” he retorted, though in truth he did consider the idea to not be terrible. “Pretty awkward question to ask her, though, yeah?” Jakoul, however… if he had insulted her now, it could be even worse if that was brought up.

As it was, Arric spoke then of Ibis, and Akavir grew quiter for a moment. “She thought I was dead, I think,” he finally offered, the instant reflex to defend her. “But… Yeah. It sucked that my supposed death wasn’t enough to warrant her to… not partake in breeding season.” Worse—she had welcomed him home, at least at first—and then balked at his offer to pretend to be the true father to her current litter. Raise them as his own.

That was when she had seemed to imply he had been doing that already… and he had shattered with those words. “We fought… didn’t really reconcile. And after only maybe a month, she just died… Like. She was just dead. Didn’t look like anything attacked her.”